Church bulldozed without 'warning'

Published: 2013 February 21 10:49:35 (33306 Views)

The women of the Charis Missionary Church in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, South Africa were preparing food for the homeless in the church when they were told to take everything they could and move outside.

Then they stood helplessly and watched as roaring bulldozers turned their church into rubble on Monday.

The church Pastor Jerry Makananisa said he was called by women at the church who told him that the church was being demolished.

"I rushed there and found that the sides of the church had already been demolished," Makananisa said.

The Metro police came back the next day and they demolished what was left of the church building.

The angry pastor said: "The municipality has no respect for God. They don't want churches in this area. "This church has been here for more than 13 years.

"Why don't they demolish taverns?"

"Kids are raped every day in shebeens – but the municipality doesn't close them down," he said.

The congregation now has to hire tents to hold services.

Not too far away, another church was demolished on Friday.

Pastor France Nkwane of the Dynamic International Ministries said they had been occupying that land for 11 years.

They got a letter telling them to move out by the end of the week.

"They didn't even offer us an option to buy or time to look for another place," Nkwane said.

The Community Family Church in Tembisa was also demolished last week and all that is left of it is the foundation slab and the service notice board.

Source - Daily sun

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Anonymous user 2014 June 09 15:47:29

i blv de municipal suport de abuse hapenng 2 us youth daily n jst blv dat 1 day god wil open dere spiritual eyes so dey cn c hs love n mercy may grace of de almghty lord fall upon hs pple n continue preachng hs gospel bcz dey bless us

Anonymous user 2013 May 13 14:21:53

The work of the devil, but who faer the devil. Pastor my pastor, we will get the land and build a better building than the latter. You are anointed and this people does not know God the father. we pray for them to repent. The word of God and deliverance will continue in the open field, tent until God instruct us where to go.

Anonymous user 2013 April 14 07:23:10

The church of God will never fall because of you, but our church will remain and rise, but the promise is that you will fall but the community will never fall,I'm the leader

Anonymous user 2013 April 14 07:20:30

This is so stupit on the municipal to remove the churches in this area, people need churches in the areas for the word of god and the healing as well as change in their life

Church bulldozed without 'warning'

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